dmenchi, guilty. >>. >> reporter: at the time, he called president clinton's behavior tawdry. >> i think there's an element of hypocrisy, no question. >> reporter: matt cooper of the national journal says that now, because we're now finding out that while domenci was blasting bill clinton, he was hiding from his family that he had fathered a child out of wedlock several years earlier and it had been with the daughter of another legend, paul laxsalt. they just issued statements, acknowledging they're the parents of adam laxsalt, an attorney. he says, my past action has caused hurt can disappointment to my wife, children, family and others, i deeply regret this and am very sorry for my behavior? >> what do you make of the revelation and the timing of it so many years later? >> it seems like someone forced their hand, someone was going to write about it and so they decided it made sense to be forthright about it. >> michelle laxalt says in her statement, recently information has come to me that this sacred situation might be twisted, rewritten out of whole cloth, and shopped to press outlet